Clutch-shifting mechanism for fertilizer-distributers, &amp;c.



J. BODA. CLUTCH SHIFTING MEGEANISM FOR FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTERS, dac.

' APPLICATION FILED AUG/19, 190s.

930,456. Patented Aug. l0, 1909.

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J. BODA. GLUTGH SHIPTING MEGHANISM POR FERTILIZER DISTRIBU1 "1BRS, aw. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 19, 1908. 930,456.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

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J. BODA.

CLUTCH SHIFTING MBCHANI-SM FOR FBRTILIZER DISTRIBUTERS, 15m. APPLICATION PILED'AUG. 19, 1908.

930,456, Patented Aug. 10. 1909.

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JOSEPH BODA, OF ILANO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO INDEPENDENT HARVESTER COMPANY,

l OF PLANO,l ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

C'LTCH-SHIFTING MECHANISM FOR FEBTILIZER-DISTRIB-UTERS, c.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application led August 19, 1908. Serial No. 449,229.

To all whom it may concern." f

Beit known that I, JosnPn BODA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plano, in the county of Kendall and vState of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clutch-Shifting Mechanism for Fertilizer- Distributers and the Like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings forming` a part thereof.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved mechanism', particularly adapt ed for use -in such a structure as a fertilizer distributor, `for controlling the connection of the driving mechanism Witl'i the conveyor and distributor.

It consists in the elements and features of construction and other combinations shown and described as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings :--F igure 1 is a plan view of a fertilizer distributor involving` this invention with the conveyor' and distributor removed, a iortion of the former being shown in dotted line. Fig. 2 is a section at the line 2 2 on Fig. l showing the parts in the posif tion occupied at the'close of the return forward movement of the conveyor before the operating train had been tri 'ped out of action. Fig. 3 is a View simi ar to Fig. 2 showing in full line the parts in position at the close of thc rearward or delivering movement of the conveyor, and sl'iowing in dotted line certain parts at the position occupied .the ciutch-shifting connections.

just before the tripping occurs. Fig. l-,is a detail section at the line 4--l on Fig. 1,.y Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of a yielding coupling in Fig. G is a detail front elevation of the hand lever and its connections and contiguous parts. Fig. 7 is a detail section at the line-7-7 on Fig. 3.

Fig. S is a section at the line'S-m-S on Fig. El.

Fig. 9 is a section axial with respect to the conveyor drivin g shaft through the parts carm ried thereon. F ig. l0 is a detail section at the line l0l0 on Fig. 9 (showing clutch).

The machine to which this invention is shown applied in thc drawings comprises the customary frame, A, mounted upontwo traction whcels,B, Il, and front carrying Wheels, C, the entire structure .comprising the customary conveyer bottom, D, operated by its driv'e chains, E, E, which pass about driving sprocket wheels, 1, 1 a, on the conveyor ldriv-y ing shaft, 2, journaled in the frame rearward of the rear axle, B1, and idle sprocket wheels,

3, 3, which. are journaled infbracketa'l, 4,(

` veyer axle when the machine travels forward, the

eing shown and any familiar construction for thel urpose being suitable. On the conrivmg shaft, 2, there are mounted loose for rotation a sprocket wheel, 5, and a `Worm wheel, ,6, and betweeny them on the shaft, clutchdevices hereinaftermore particularly described, for engaging either of them with the shaft for rotation. v

On the axle, B1, there is mounted rigidly a sprocket wheel, 7, which is connected by a chain, 5l, with the sprocket Wheel, 5, on the conveyor driving sli-aft, 2, causing said s )rocket Wheel, 5, to be rotated inthe same (firection the aide. On the axle there is mounted a beveled gear wheel, 9, having an elongated sleeve hub, 9, by which it is journaled in the bracket, A2, on the frame, A; and on said frame, A, there is mounted a journaled, and which also affords bearing for a longitudinal shaft, l0,- having at the forward end a pinion, 1Q, meshing with the beveled gear, 9, and at therear end a worm, 10b, engaging the worm wheel, 6, the parts being so Adisposed that the Worm wheel derives `motion in the opposite ldirection from the gear wheel', 9, and axle, D1, and opposite, therefore, from the sprocket wheel, 5, on the shaft, 2; is a sliding clutch member, l2, which has its' gaging the ratcheted or elutch-formed inner end, 9, of the hub sleeve of the beveled gear, 9. fork endsI engage, but with considerable room for play, in the annular groove, 12b, of the clutch, 12, for sliding the latter on the axle, B1, to carry the clutch face, 12,, into and out of engagement with the clutchv end, 9, of the hub of the gear, 9. The sprocket wheel, l, faces and has its hub extending v into an interiorly ratcheted clutch member,

11, Which is rigid With the sprocket lwheel, 5, vand said sprocket wheel is engaged by a clutch dog, 17, as hereinafter further deby with said sprocket wheel, 5, for opera ively connectlng the latter'for rotation with the shaft, 2,

in the customary manner, for rotating the particular structure for this purpose not bracket, A3, in which the worm'wheel, 6, is

Feathered on the shaft, Bl, there 2l ratcheted clutch face, l2, facing and en 13 is a forked shipping lever whose sc-ribed',.w1th said clutch member and therc' loo No. 438,464 n Just inside the side bar of the frame, A, on the shaft, 2, there is mounted a flanged collar or disk, 16, rigid with said shaft, carrying a clutch dog, l17, and cooperating with a clutch member, 11, which 1s formed on the inner end of the hub of the gear, 6, for communicating rotary motion from said gear, 6, to the shaft, 2, in the opposite direction from the motion which said shaft may derive from the sprocket wheel, 5. 'the clutch structure consisting of said housing and eo erating clutch elements, is that which is Yully described in, 1n `pending application, Serial led June 1.5, 1.903 and need not be particularly described herein, further than to point out that it com rises a clutch dog, 17, mounted on the e utch member which is fast on the shaft and normally out of driving engagement with the interior-ly ratcheted clutch member, but is adapted to be tripped into engagement with the ratchet thereof by the intrusion of the tripping finger, 20, carried by the shipping sleeve, 21, mounted for sliding on the shaft, 2, between the two clutch devices, and havingsueh a trippingl finger at each end for intrusion into the two clutch devices respectively, to trip their respective dogs. rl`his shipping sleeve, 21, has flanges, 21a, intermediate its ends and spaced a art for the 4engagement between them o the forked shipping lever, 22,

which is fulcrumed at 22, on the cross bar,`

A4, of the frame,

Each of the shipping levers, 13 and 22, is a bell crank, and the transversely extending arms, 13b and 22h, of said shipping levers are connected by a two-part link, 25*26, whose two arts are connected together 'for longitudinal) diminution of the link, as seen in Fig.` 5, a spring, 27, being interposed in their connection to yieldingly resist the diminution of the link. Botl'i'shipping levers are operated by one and the same shipping rod, 28, which is sn ported on the frame extending longitudinally thereof and connected at its rear end by a short link, 28a, with the link member, 25, such connection being conveniently made at the pivotal connection of said link member with the arm, 13, of the shipping lever, 13. At its forward end, the shipping rod, 23, is connected to the lower end of a hand-operated controlling lever, 29, which is fulcrumed on a bracket, 30, mounted at the forward side of the transverse frame sill, Al, and having at its u )per end a notched segment, 31, whose notches are all abrupt shouldered at both sides for positive movement therewith of a detent, 32. This detent is mounted for sliding on the hand lever, 29, and is connected by a link, 33,

with a slide, 34, mounted for sliding on the lever, 29, below the fulcrum of said lever. 'l`he slide carries at its lower end a stud-androll, 36, which overhangs and tracks upon the upper edge of a cani plate, 37, which is .rigidly mounted upon a slide bar, 38, said slide bar being mounted for sliding longitudinally of the frame in a hanger, 42, and a bracket arm, 30u. The cam plate, 37, `has its cam track comprising` two op )ositely inclined slopes, 37a and 37b, at an obtuse angle to each other, each terminated by a vertical shoulder, 37". The described cinistruetion of this cam plate causes it upon the reciprocation of the slide bar, 33, which carries it, to operate the slide, 34, longitudinally of the lever, 29, thrusting it up or letting it down according to the direction of movement of the slide bar, and at the limit of the upward thrust which results from the sliding of the bar, 38, in either direction from middle position shown in Fig. 3, the abru )t shoulder, 37, engaging the stud-and-roll, 36, rocks the lever, 29, about its fulerum, the upward sliding movement which )recedes the encounter with the shoulder lhavingr lifted the detent, 32, out of the segment notch with which it' may have been engaged so that nothing prevents said rocking 'movement upon such encounter.

The slide bar, 3S, at its rear end has a downwardly bent end, 38, which stands in the path of the lower ply of the conveyer, D so as to be encountered by the foremost slat d, thereof in the Vforward travel of the lower ply of said conveyer just before the limit of the rearward movement of the upper plyf* carrying the follower board, D1;- is reached, and such encounter of the slat, d, with the end of the slide, 38, thrusts said slide forward and causes the rear cam slope, 37", of the cam plate, 37, to operate for disengaging the detent from the foremost notch of the segment, 31, and immediately afterward the shoulder, 37, encounteringT the studand-roll, 36, rocks the lever, 29, from the position Shown in dotted line in Fig. 3 back toward the position shown in full line. 'lhe movement thus communicated to the lever, 29, operates the ship )ing rod, 2S, l)idling it forward and shifting both the clutch sleeves, 12 and 21, on the axle and on the shaft, 2, respectively, for disengagement, the former from the gear, 29, and the latter' from the worm wheel, 6, th'us disconnecting the conveyer from the driving train which has been operating to give it its rearward vor feeding n'iovement. The conveyer comes to rest upon the disengagement of the train; and the lever, 29, is halted with the detent upheld out oi' engagement with the segment. The operator may now swing the lever rearward until the stud-and-roll, 36, is above the middle of the cam plate and the detent notches, the notch 31", locking the clutch sleeve at -1niddle position so that the conveyer driving shaft, 2, is disengaged from both driving trains, y

W hen the o erator desires to connect the conveyer for t 1e return forward movement f of its upper ply, he will release the `detent 'from the notch, 31C, bymeans of the finger lever, '40, and link, 41, and rock the lever rearward until th'eI detent reaches anddrops into therearmost notch, 31d, as shown in Fig. 2, and pulls the' shipping rod, 28, torward a distance sufficient {or} shifting the clutch sleeve, 2l, over-toward the clutch member', 11, causing the clutch dog therein .toi be tripped for engaging the sprocket wheeL-l, with the shaft, 2, and thus communicating rotation to the shaft, 2, in the proper direction for returning the conveyor to'iforward position; that is, in the o posite direction from that in which it was eing rotated before the encounter4 oi' the slat, d, with the slide,`38. A spring, 42%, reacting between a-lug,'29b, on the lever,A 29, and a stop, 33h, on the 4detent lil'ting rod, 33, adds its tension to the weight of the lifting rod and detent 'for down thrust in the cam plate; and when the 'lever, 29, is rocked back as described, such thrust acting on the slope oi the cam crowds the cem plate forward until the Vstudandroll, 36, rests at the angle or lowest point of the cam, as seen in Fig. 2. Upon the trame,

" conveniently at the rear side of the forward sill, A1, there is fulcrumed 'a lever, 43, whose lower end engaves'loosely'a slot, 38, inlthe slide, 38,- and w lose upper end projects past the plane of the upper ply of the conveyor 'so as to stand in the path oi' the 'foremost lslat, d2, for encounter' therewith, as seen 1n Fig. 2., Such encounter occurs upon the return lor forward movement oi' the upper ply ofthe conveyor when the follower board, D1, reaches the position shown in Fig. 2 and rocks the lever, 43, from the position shown in full line in said Fig. 2, to the position shown in dotted line in Fig. 3, sliding the ber, 38,. and the cam plate, 37, to the position shown in dotted line in Fig. 3. ln the iiist part oi' this movement, the rear slope ol' the cam plate 'l'orees the detent directly upward out oi' engagement with thc segment notch,

, 31d," and the "remainder ol the 'movement swings the lever, 29, over to the position `tion oi' rest ol' the conveyor.

shown iii-lull line in Fig.. 3, causing the rod, 28, to be thrust rearward, perating the shipping lever, suiiiciently l'or disengagiiig the shalt, 2, i'roin the sprocket wheel, 5, `causing the conveyor to come to rest. '.i`hc 29, by

hand far enough. to )ring the stud-and-roll,

36, to the bottoni oll the cani, the dotent at that position. dropping. into the 'shallow notch, Sib, and lot-hing the parts'in the posi- When the opcrater desires to start the conveyor rearward l'or its feeding travel, he will rock the lever, 29, farther forward to the position shown in dotted line inv Fig. 3, thereby coin- .pleting the shifting of the clutch devices, 12

and 21, to position for engaging the shai't, 2, with the Vfeeding train ol,l which the beveled gear, 9, is the initial wheel. When this is done, the tension of the spring, 27, added to the weight of the bar, 33,.and detent, 32, will operateupon the cam plate -by down thrust upon its slope to cause it to move rearward to the position shown in dotted vline in l? 3, leaving the terminal, 38, of the bar, .38, ex-

posed in the path oi'A the under ply of the conveyer, so that it will be encountered thereby, as shown in dotted line in Fig. 3, at the close oi' the feeding or deliveringr movement of the conveyer for disengaging the driving train, as already described. l,

The play which is allowed to the forli arms of the shipping lever, 13, in the annular groove, 12", ofv the clutch member, 12, permits sulieient movement voi the shipping sleeve, 21., to disengage the conveyor driving shaft, 2 from the sprocket wheel, 5, before any movement of the clutch member, 12, is caused. In the continuation of the forward swinging movement of 'the lever, 29, for engaging the train ior giving the conveyer its rearward or delivering movement, it the position of' the clutch member, 16, with respect yto the engaging end. oi' the clutch dog, 17, vhappens to be suchas to cause the dog to `strike on the point of one oi the teeth .o'l' the clutch member instead of into the recess be-v tween two teeth as should happen lor perfectengagemcnt, theI spring, 27, will be Compressed while the bar,25, is thrust rearward -sufliciently :for effecting the engagement of the clutch face, 12a, with the 'clutch end, 9?),

oi the hub of the gear', 9, and said engagement causing the clutch member, 16, to be rotated will permit the dog to become properly en gaged. therewith, and such engagement will be caused by the reaction of said spring 'from the compression, completing the movc- 105 ln the ief ment o't the shipping sleeve, 21. verse action oi the clutch-operating rod, 2S, which occurs upon the completion oi' the rearward oi' delivering` movement oi the conveyei' as described, the iii-st forward pull oi"Y 110 snidi'od will swing the 'loili arms of the shipping lever ireely through the limit of their play in the groove, 12h, oi" the clutch. member, 12, whilel the shipping lever, 22, is positively operating on the shipping` sleeve, 21 i'or witli- 115 drawing the tripping iinger., 20, to release the clutch dog', 17, 'from the clutch member, '16. 'lliis release having been yeliected, the conveyor driving shait, 2, would he diseng-zigid ii'oin, the train, and thereby the 'iiir- `120 ,tional grip ol the ratchets, 12 and 9'", upon cach other will be reduced so that they will be readily disengagedl by the further pull of the rod, 28, operating the tripping lever, 13.

ln the drawings, there is shown a sprocket l wheel, 4:5, which is designedior operating a rotary distributer of any customary sort, none being shown. rlhis sprocket wheel is engaged. with the trartionivheel,'B, for rotation thereby by sliding on the axle outwardly toward said wheel anddisengaged by sliding for shitting the clutch; a detent on the lever in the opposite direction, and such sliding is effected by means oi a shipper, 42X, engaging the hub of the sprocket wheel outside the side bar oi the frame, A, and havii'ig, an arm, 42y, which extends past said side har under the same, having a guide bearing in a braclv'et, 44, which is mounted on the side bar, and forn'is also bearings for the axle, B1. The shipper is operated by-a spiral-shaped cam, 46, engaging a notch in the arm, 421', oi the shipper. A pull rod, 47 is connected to the cam for rocking it over its pivotal support on the bracket, 44, to actuate the shipper. The rod, 47, is connected at its forward end with the lever arm, 48, of a rock shaft, 49,

which has a pedal arm, 50, designed to be depressed by the foot ol the driver to thrust the rod, 47, rearward. This vaction rocks the cam in direction l for engaging the sprocket wheel, 45, with the traction wheel. On this rod there is mounted for sliding relatively to the portion of the rod which extends therefrom to the spiral cam, an abutment, 51, which projects in the path of the lower ply of 4the conveyer so as to be encountered by the foremost slat. of said ply toward the close of the upper rearward or delivering movement of the upper ply of said conveyor. Such encounter compresses the spring, 52, which yieldingly resists the forward movement ol' the abutment on the rod, and such yielding permits the continued travel of the conveyer for a short distance while the encounter oi the same slat, d, with the abutment, 38, of the slide, 38, is effecting the disengagement vof the shaft, 2,'f1'om the gear, 6. The yieldingness of the abutment, 51, thus insures the conveyer coming to rest and ceasing to feed the material for delivery before the distributer drive wheel, 45, is disengaged i'rom the traction wheel and the distrihuti'ir brought to rest, and also relieves the strain upon the rod, 47, and cam, 46, which would result from the too sudden application ol' the force lor efl'ecting the disengagement; but especially, this construction insures the complete disengagement of the s )rocket wheel, 45, from the traction wheel which would not be produced if the conveyor carne to rcst before sul'licient movementhad been given to the rod, 47, to disengage the clutch, 45". This clutch cannet be rengaged so long as the con'veycr stands in the position at which disengagement is eil'ectcd and the cam, 46, acts as a positive loci'. as wcll as a means o1" shifting the shipper, and prevcnts` rciingagement until the operator deprcsscs thc Atoot lever, 50.

l claim i. ln combination with a travcling dcvicc, a train by which it is drivcn; a clutch 'lor engaging it with and discngaging` it `l'rom such train; a clutch-shitting lever in position to be operated at will; connections therefrom and an element with which it engages for locking the lever positively against movement in either direction; a detent releaser which actuates the lever by continuation of its detent-releasing movement, and means connected with such detent releaser positioned 4l'or actuation by the traveling device in the closing part oi its travel,

2'. 1n combination with a travelingdevic, two trains by which it is driven in o osite directions; a clutch for engagingit wit i and disengaging it from said trains respectively;

a clutch-shitting lever in position to be operated at will connections therefrom for shifting the'clutch; a detent on the lever and an element with which the detent engages for locking the leverpositively against movement in either direction; a detent releaser positioned 'for actuating the lever by con tinuation of its deti-mt-rcleasing movement, and means positioned for encounter with the traveling device at the limits of its opposite movements respectively for actuating the detent releaser.

3. .In combination with a traveling deviee, two trains by which it is driven in o osite directions; a clutchior engaging it wit and disengaging it from said trains respectively; a clutch-shifting lever in position to be operated at will;connei1.tions therefrom for shifting the clutch a detent and an element with which it engages for locking the lever positively against movement i-n either direction;

a detent rcleaser mounted for movement in opposite directions, adapted to release the detent by either movement,and positioned i'or actuating the lever by continuation of its movement in either of said directions after releasing the detent, and meansexposed for actuation by the traveling device at the closing part of its opposite movements respectively lor actuating the detent releaser oppositely at said closingparts.

4. ln combination with atraveling device, a train by which it is driven; a clutch for en, gaging it with and disengaging it from such train; a clutch-shitting lever in position to be operated at will; connections therefrom vlor shifting the clutch; a detent and an elenicnt with which it engages -for locking` the lever positively against movement in either direction; a dctcnt-roleaser which actuates the lever b v continuation ol its detent-re leasing movement: means monted for actuation by thc traveling device in the closing part oi' its movement l'or actuating thc dctent relenser; mcans other than said detentrclcaser i'or discngaging the dc-tcnt to permit thc levcr to be movcd at will, and means by which the lever in its said movement shifts the detentrclcascr.

`5. In combination with a traveling device,

a train by which it is driven; a clutch iorcngaging it with and discngaging it trom such I moving the cam plate comprising an abuttrain a clutch-shifting lever in position to be train; aclutch-shifting lever in-pos itiontollie-- ppelated at will connections therefrom rfor o erated at Will s iftin with w ich it engages for lookin lever positively against movement in' eitliterdre tlon; a cam plate and a part operated` there@ by to release the detent, and means for mov,- mg the` cam plate com )rising an abtitment l exposed for actuation y the traveling/defi l vice in the closing part of its travel/ 6. In eom` olnation with a traveling dev a train by which it is driven; a clutch for engaging it with and'disengagingitfrom such train; a clutch-shifting lever in position to be o erated at will; connections therefneni. for s ifting' the clutch; albar having notches which are abrupt shouldered at both sides; a, detent on the lever for engaging-the'notches` ofthe bar to lock the lever positively'again'st movement in either direction; `.'a'//qmovable cam(plate and a part operatedthereby to lift the etent from the notches; and means for moving the cam-plate com rising an abutment exposed for actuation y the traveling device toward the limit of its travel.

7. In combination with a Atravelin device,

a train by which it is driven; a clutc for engaging it with and disengaging it from such train; a clutch-shifting lever in position to be o erated at will; connections therefrom for s lifting the clutch; a. bar provided with abrupt-shouldered notches; a detent on the lever for engaging the notches to lock the lever positively against movement in either directmn; a cam plate and a detent lifter o erated therebyy for taking the detent out of t e notches, said detent lifter being engaged with the lever for swinging the latter; the cam plate having anabutment at the limit of its detent-lifting portion for engaging said detent lift-er ositively to swing the lever at the limit of tlie lifting action; and means for ment exposed for actuation by the traveling device toward the'limit of its travel.

8. In combination with a traveling device, a train by which it is driven; a clutch forengagingit with and disengaging it from such o erated at will; connections therefrom for s ifting the clutch; a detent and an element With which it engages for locking the lever positively against movementin either direction; a cam plate and means for moving it comprising an abutment exposed for actuation by the traveling device in the closing part of its travel; an element mounted for movement longitudinally of the lever for opstepped on the cam plate, and a spring which thrusts said element against the cam plate.

9. In combination with a traveling device; a train by which it is driven; a clutch for engaging it with and disengaging it from such ;connectionstherefromiorling the clutch; a bar having notchesv the clutch; a detent and aziiele'merrt whi` `h areabrupt-shouldered at lboth sides; a

aving an abutment at the limit of its ydetent-lifting portion for engaging the detent :lifter-tp positively swing thelever at the lirnit of its lifting action; a spring which thruststqthe detent lifter'against the cam plate;"and means for moving the cam plate ycoinprisihg an abutment exposed for actuan y p i v #tion byl the traveling devlce toward the limit of its travel. A

l0. In "combination with a conveyer, two trains by which it is driven in opposite directions; a clutch for engaging it with and disengaging it from such trains respectively; a lclutch-shiiting lever in position to be operated at will; connections therefrom for shifting the clutch; a segment along which the lever swings having notches which are abrupt shouldered at bothsides; a detent on the lever for engaging the notches to lock the lever positively against movement in either direction, the detent being movable on the lever; a detent lifter mounted for movement along the lever; a cam plate on whichI the lower-end el' the detent lifter is stepped; its cam edge com )rising two slopes converging downward am an abrupt vertical abutment at the upper end of each slope; a carrier for the cam plate mounted lor fore-aml-al't movement; and a lever fulcrumed on the frame engaging the cam plate andy projecting past the plane of' the upper ply of the conveyer7 the said carrier having an abutment at its rear end positioned for encounter therewith of the lower ply ol the conveyer.

1l. In combination witll the trame, trac- ,c

tion wheels on which it is carried and the axle olsuch wheels; the conveyor and its driving shaft mounted on the frame; two

trains l'or communicating motion from the axle to the conveyer driving shaft, one ol' `said trains comprising a wheel fast on the axle and a wheel loose on the conveyer driving shaft and p()wer-communicating connections between them; a clutch on the axle for connecting it with the lirst wheel of the other train, said train also comprising a Wheel loose on the conveyer driving shaft; a clutch device mounted for sliding on said shalt bctween Vsaid two wheels loose thereon; shipping levers for operating the clutch devices i on thev axle an( on the eonveyer driving shaft respectively; an operating bar connecting them; vthe shipping device for the axle clutch having a rangeof play with respect to train; a clutch-shifting,r lever in position tobe said clutch in excess of any play ol tho other shipping lever with respect to its clutch dem vice; a' clutch-Operating rod for Operatin both shipping devices, and means eX ose foi' actuation by the conveyer at the c osing 5 part of its Opposite movements for actuating the operating rod.

n testimony whereof, I have hereunto set Chicago, Illino 190,8.

y hand, in' the p is, thislst day of August,

JOSEPH BODA.

In the presence Of- CHAs. F. BURTON, JULIA S. ABBOTT.

resence of two witnesses, at 

